"requisite" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ [UK], /ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-requisite.wav Forms: more requisite [comparative], most requisite [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin requīsītus, perfect passive participle of requīrō (“I require, seek, ask for”), from which English require. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|requīsītus}} Latin requīsītus Head templates: {{en-adj}} requisite (comparative more requisite, superlative most requisite)
  1. Essential, indispensable, required. Synonyms: requisite, essential, indispensable, necessar, necessary, needed, prerequisite, required, requisite Hyponyms: integral, intrinsic Related terms: requisition Translations (essential; required): անհրաժեշտ (anhražešt) (Armenian), нужен (nužen) (Bulgarian), необходим (neobhodim) (Bulgarian), necessari (Catalan), vereist (Dutch), noodzakelijk (Dutch), onmisbaar (Dutch), nécessaire (French), erforderlich (German), notwendig (German), riachtanach (Irish), requisito (Italian), påkrevd (Norwegian Bokmål), necessário (Portuguese), необходи́мый (neobxodímyj) [masculine] (Russian), ну́жный (núžnyj) [masculine] (Russian), тре́буемый (trébujemyj) [masculine] (Russian), necesario (Spanish), nödvändig (Swedish), erforderlig (Swedish), gerekli (Turkish), lüzumlu [dated] (Turkish), необхідний (neobxidnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), потрібний (potribnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ [UK], /ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-requisite.wav Forms: requisites [plural]
Etymology: From Latin requīsītus, perfect passive participle of requīrō (“I require, seek, ask for”), from which English require. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|requīsītus}} Latin requīsītus Head templates: {{en-noun}} requisite (plural requisites)
  1. An indispensable item; a requirement. Hyponyms: prerequisite Translations (indispensable item): потребност (potrebnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Erfordernis (German), Voraussetzung (German), شرط (şart) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-requisite-en-noun-9ZJxRdxs

Inflected forms

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          "text": "They ſay he is the King of Perſea.\nBut if he dare attempt to ſtir your ſiege,\nTwere requiſite he ſhould be ten times more,\nFor all fleſh quakes at your magnificence.",
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          "ref": "1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], “Kalendarium Hortense: Or, The Gard’ners Almanac; […] [Introduction to the Kalendar.]”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 56:",
          "text": "[W]e endeavour to preſent our Gard'ners with a compleat Cycle of what is requiſite to be done throughout every Moneth of the Year: [...]",
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          "ref": "1961 July, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386:",
          "text": "On the other hand, there will be widespread agreement with Sir Brian's belief that, when a British main line has been completely dieselised and the schedules have been recast to suit the new traction, much higher daily mileages than 350 are not only possible but requisite, at least in the early stages of dieselisation.",
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          "text": "But this something, what is it, unless the happiness of others, or some of the requisites of happiness?",
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          "ref": "1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], “Kalendarium Hortense: Or, The Gard’ners Almanac; […] [Introduction to the Kalendar.]”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 56:",
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          "ref": "1961 July, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386:",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "word": "անհրաժեշտ"
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      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "нужен"
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      "roman": "neobhodim",
      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "необходим"
    },
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      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "necessari"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "vereist"
    },
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      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "noodzakelijk"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "onmisbaar"
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      "word": "nécessaire"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "erforderlich"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "notwendig"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "riachtanach"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "requisito"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "påkrevd"
    },
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      "sense": "essential; required",
      "word": "necessário"
    },
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      "sense": "essential; required",
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      "code": "es",
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    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "essential; required",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "потрібний"
    }
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}

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}

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